Tunable x-ray free electron laser multi-pulses with nanosecond separation

Decker, Franz-Josef; Bane, Karl L.; Colocho, William; Gilevich, Sasha; Marinelli, Agostino; Sheppard, John C.; Turner, James L.; Turner, Joshua J.; Vetter, Sharon L.; Halavanau, Aliaksei; Pellegrini, Claudio; Lutman, Alberto A.

doi:10.1038/s41598-022-06754-y

Title: Tunable x-ray free electron laser multi-pulses with nanosecond separation

Journal Article · 28 February 2022 · Scientific Reports

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06754-y · OSTI ID:1843433

Decker, Franz-Josef ^[1]; Bane, Karl L. ^[2]; Colocho, William ^[2]; Gilevich, Sasha ^[2]; Marinelli, Agostino ^[2]; Sheppard, John C. ^[2]; Turner, James L. ^[2]; Turner, Joshua J. ^[2]; Vetter, Sharon L. ^[2]; Halavanau, Aliaksei ^[2]; Pellegrini, Claudio ^[2]; Lutman, Alberto A. ^[2]

SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

X-ray Free Electron Lasers provide femtosecond x-ray pulses with narrow bandwidth and unprecedented peak brightness. Special modes of operation have been developed to deliver double pulses for x-ray pump, x-ray probe experiments. However, the longest delay between the two pulses achieved with existing single bucket methods is less than 1 picosecond, thus preventing the exploration of longer time-scale dynamics. We present a novel two-bucket scheme covering delays from 350 picoseconds to hundreds of nanoseconds in discrete steps of 350 picoseconds. Performance for each pulse can be similar to the one in a single pulse operation. The method has been experimentally tested with the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS-I) and the copper linac with LCLS-II hard x-ray undulators.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1843433

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 12; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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